In Assisi we said goodbye to our guide, Virgino, and our new friends Elena, Nahidah, Keith and Lois. I was so overcome with gratitude that the waterworks were a flowing from my eyes. We were a tight group, choosing to stay together even on the night we had on our own.
Tom & I had another full day in Assisi. We sectioned it up like this: Rick Steve’s audio walking tour, shopping, Roman museum, lunch, riposo, Rocco Maggiore, shopping, dinner.
The walking tour starter from Piazza Mazzeotti and headed toward the Basilica of St Francis. We have already been to the Basilica so we stopped short of that. After admiring the views, we head to the Roman Amphitheater which dates to the first century with the buildings circa 13th and 14th centuries.
We continue away from the amphitheater and through the neighborhoods on the back lanes before reaching Cathedral of San Rufino. It’s Sunday, and the church is filled so we only look through the door. Again through narrow lanes to the Basilica of St. Clare. We have wonderful views here. When we reach Piazza Del Commune, we see familiar sites – this is our “hood.”
I pop into a lovely store and buy some items and then again down the hill to a glass painter – perhaps I now have most of my Christmas shopping done?
The Roman Museum was amazing. It’s daunting to think that the town’s floor was below what stands now. I’ll need to read why later generations built on top of it.
After a rest, we climb to Rocca Maggiore (a medieval fortress) and are rewarded with views of two Basilicas – St Francis and St Clare. And we hear the bells ring at 6:30pm.
Leaving my worn shoes in Assisi …we leave to Roma now.
